Senior Industrial Designer

ICDS Recruitment

Galway

Senior Industrial Designer - Galway. In this role you will beresponsible for developing new products in consumer and medical sectors within an award winning products design and manufacturing organisation. Key Responsibilities: • Conceive of and develop compelling and innovative product solutions. • Strong idea generation and idea communication capabilities – hand sketching, 2D/3D visualisations. • Lead customers on the "products development journey" and co-ordinate customer workshops to gain insights into their needs. • Gain insights into customer and end user needs via state of the art user-centred design tools. • Co-ordinate and participate in research (technical, user, market, brand, manufacturability etc.) during research phases and throughout programs. • Successfully resolve product aesthetics, usability, function and manufacturability. • Understand brand and how this is expressed through the product experience. • Seek proficiency in 3D CAD (Solidworks an advantage but not essential. • Management of all levels of prototyping within projects. • Working within a multi-disciplinary team on diverse projects. • Resolving design issues as they arise in all relevant phases. • Liaising with manufacturing function to ensure manufacturability of products. • Liaison and management with external bodies and partners as needed. • Liaison with wider teams as needed –operations, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, finance. • Participate in PR and sales support activity as required. • Support wider team as required. • Plan, budget, track and execute product development projects through handover to engineering. • Quotation, planning and financial management of projects vs budget and schedule. • Ensuring that timely and accurate project reviews are available. • Set project review agenda and facilitate effective project reviews internally and externally. • Working within an ISO13485 framework (experience of design control process is an advantage. • Develop and maintain Dept. processes in line with industry best practice. • Maintenance of key data, inclusive technical files, etc. • Direct, develop and coach the any direct reports, through effective leadership. • Cultivate a strong team ethos in the design department and maintain healthy working relationships with other functions. • Support Talent Management within the Design group by developing the technical capabilities and overall skill sets of the team in order to ensure that on-going and future strategic business needs are met. Qualifications and experience sought: • Relevant Product/ Industrial Design Qualifications (Bachelor Degree). Master’s degree an advantage. • Additional Human Factors education an advantage. • Relevant experience in industry – minimum 7 years. • Experience in development of product aesthetics, ergonomics and user-centred design. • Proven people management skills with minimum 3 years' previous experience in a people management position. • Track record of external customer management. This job originally appeared on RecruitIreland.com.

1892 days ago